bots (bots)

pl. See bot1. bott1, n. See bot1. bot oné (bot'on-ā), a . Same as bottony . bo-tree (bō'trē), n. [ bo (also bog a- ha : gaha , tree), a shortened form of Pali bodhi , the bo-tree, short for bodhi - taru , bo-tree ( bodhi ( bodhi ), wisdom, enlightenment, + taru , tree), answering to Skt. bodhi - vriksha ( vriksha , (OF. dim, botel : see bottles ).] The name bott2 (bot), n. [F. botte, a bundle, a tru given by lace-makers to the round cushion, tree). See Buddha .] The Ficus religiosa , or pipul-tree, under which Sakyamuni, the founder held on the knee, on which the lace is woven. of Buddhism, is said to have become "enlight bot tar go, n. Same as botargo . ened" (Buddha), after forty days' fixed contem- Böttger ware. See ware2 . plation, during which time he was subjected to bottelt, n. Same as boltel . all manner of temptation, and to have evolved the four noble truths by which mankind may be delivered from the miseries attending up- on birth, life, and death. The particular bo-tree under which this happened is said to have been produced at the moment of his birth.